experiencen.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈspɪərɪəns/,

/ɛkˈspɪərɪəns/, U.S.

/ɪkˈspɪriəns/,

/ɛkˈspɪriəns/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s experiens, experians, experyens, Middle English–1500s experyence.

Etymology: < French expérience, < Latin experientia, < experient-em, present participle of experīrī to try, put to the test.

†1.

a. The action of putting to the test; trial. to make experience of: to make trial of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > [noun]

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taste1377

experimenta1382

experience1393

probationc1422

trial1526

test1594

verification1603

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun]

fandingc1000

costningOE

assay1330

say?c1335

assayingc1375

experimenta1382

proofc1390

experience1393

tastinga1400

probationc1422

probe?a1425

approof1436

fraistingc1440

examination?1510

saying1512

approving1523

trial1526

test1594

approbationa1616

trya1616

proval1622

tempting1623

probatea1643

experimental1659

testinga1834

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 14 At Avynon thexperience Therof haþ ȝoue an euidence.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xlii. 15 Now y schal take experience [1382 experyment] of ȝou.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. i. sig. M7 Of all the which..She [sc. Astræa] caused him [sc. Artegall] to make experience Vpon wyld beasts.

1631 J. Shirley Schoole of Complement i. i Make Experience of my loyalty, by some service.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. Ep. Ded. sig. A ij^v The Art of Shorthand..much wondered at by Travailers, that have seen the experience of it in England.

†b. A tentative procedure; an operation performed in order to ascertain or illustrate some truth; an experiment. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > an experiment

experiencec1384

adventurec1405

conclusion1430

experiment1594

essay1605

specimen1610

tentative1632

periclitation1658

tentamen1673

say-hand1712

try-out1903

c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 280 I prove it..Be experience, for if that thou Threw in a water now, a stone [etc.].

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 47 Nowe have I made inoculacion Of pere and appultree: the experience Hath preved wel.

1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health ii. f. 112 The Aucthour..hath both seene, and done many experiences worthy memorie.

1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved ix. 60 They will tell you a story of I know not what experiences they have made, when alas they never knew that an Experiment must hold in all its parts.

1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. iv. i. 86 All which..we shall..declare, with their Causes and with easie Experiences.

1763 E. Carter in Pennington Mem. (1816) I. 301 I was..assured, by people who have made the experience, that [etc.].

†2. Proof by actual trial; practical demonstration. to put in experience: to fulfil in practice. Obsolete; passing into 3.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > by practical means

experience1393

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 138 Thus hath this king experience, How fooles done the reverence To gold.

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §1. 15 I..found the point of my rewle..a lite[l] with-in the degree & than haddy of this conclusioun the ful experience.

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 5 I had hereof good experyence.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxii. 469 Ye maye well perceyve the experyence of it every day.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxix. f. lvii Sene they wolde not receyue Peace of theyr Bretheme, they shuld of other receyue warre and wreche, The whiche was after put in experience by Ethelfridus Kynge of Northumberland.

1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iv. iv And now to make experience of my love, Fair sister Anna, lead my lover forth.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. i. §1. 309 The experience that Pyrrhus hath giuen, of the Roman power, in his daies.

1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. iii. 68 I have a full Experience of that, and thought my Happiness always compleat in it.

3. The actual observation of facts or events, considered as a source of knowledge.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > observing or watching > observation as source of knowledge

experience1377

observe1660

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 151 Thorw experience..I hope þei shal be saued.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors ii. f. 13 Therfore the Mariners by experience tryinge that one flame..signified tempest at hand, supposed the same flame to be the goddesse Helena.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 121^v To powre into his mouth wine and oyle..we finde by experience, is very good.

1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours i. xiv. 51 Experience teacheth that Agarick purges fleame.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 35 It is not so much a Deduction of Reason, as a Matter of Experience.

1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller (ed. 2) 20 Just experience tells..That those who think must govern those that toil.

1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers 627 Experience informs us only of what has been, but never of what must be.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. i. 76 The..only ultimate source of our knowledge of nature and its laws, experience; by which we mean..the accumulated experience of all mankind in all ages, registered in books or recorded by tradition.

1851 A. Helps Friends in Council I. 19 By making men as gods, enabling them to understand without experience.

1862 J. F. Stephen Ess. Barrister 329 Daily experience informs us of the consequences.

a. The fact of being consciously the subject of a state or condition, or of being consciously affected by an event. Also an instance of this; a state or condition viewed subjectively; an event by which one is affected.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > experience or event by which one is affected

experience1382

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > fact of being affected or experience

experience1382

experimental1628

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxx. 27 Laban seide to him..thurȝ experyens Y haue lernyd for God hath blissid to me for thee.

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 1 Experiens..were ynough for me To speke of wo that is in mariage.

14.. Purific. Marie in Tundale's Vis. 129 To have experiens Only of chyldyng.

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Bbii ^v Please god that ye vnderstande it by experiens.

1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 172 A complete man..knowes what experience can teach, but is not taught by experience.

1693 C. Mather Wonders Invisible World Churches, whose Communicants have been seriously examined about their Experience of Regeneration.

1846 N. Hawthorne Mosses from Old Manse II. 32 A man of science..who..had made experience of a spiritual affinity, more attractive than any chemical one.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 254 Both..had learned by experience how soon James forgot obligations.

1874 D. M. Mulock My Mother & I 8 Many another girl has gone thro' a similar experience.

1878 J. D. Hooker & J. Ball Jrnl. Tour Marocco 269 Another unlooked-for experience was in store for us.

b. In religious use: A state of mind or feeling forming part of the inner religious life; the mental history (of a person) with regard to religious emotion. Also attributive, esp. in experience-meeting, a meeting (e.g. a Methodist class meeting or love-feast) held for the recital of religious experiences.

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1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 49 Testified unto by the Experience of them that truely believe.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 47 (margin) A Repetition of Christiana's Experience .

1746 J. Edwards Treat. Relig. Affections ii. 45 Those Experiences which are agreable to the Word of God, are right.

1841–4 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. 256 The rapture of the Moravian and Quietist..the experiences of the Methodists, are varying forms [etc.].

1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 244 Ought the Christian controversialist to avail himself, in this question, of the experience argument?

1857 S. G. Goodrich Recoll. Lifetime I. 214 [At these meetings] there was praying, and exhorting, and telling experiences, and singing..sentimental religious hymns.

5. In senses 3, 4 often personified; esp. in various proverbial phrases.

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c1450 Nun 150 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 142 ‘What ys yowr name, dame empryse?’ Sche seyde ‘my name ys experience.’

1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 249 Experience..is the schoolmaistresse of fooles.

1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons sig. *2 b Experience is the mother of Science.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 34 Experience, oh thou disproou'st Report.

1646 Bp. J. Hall Balme of Gilead 301 If experience be the mistresse of fools, I am sure it is the mother of wisdome.

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety v. 104 Experience is the daughter of Time.

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. i. 13 Experience is the child of Thought.

6. What has been experienced; the events that have taken place within the knowledge of an individual, a community, humankind at large, either during a particular period or generally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > experience or event by which one is affected > experience or what has been experienced

experience1607

1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue 31 I can finde nothing in mine experience to contradict your speech.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. vi. 423 Her animosity against the queen of Scots was greatly augmented by recent experience.

1861 J. S. Mill Considerations Representative Govt. xviii. 340 Profound study of Indian experience.

a. Knowledge resulting from actual observation or from what one has undergone.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [noun]

sentimentc1374

assaya1387

proofa1387

feelingc1405

instructionc1425

experience1553

experiency1556

self-experience1599

trial1600

1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. aavij It hardelye agreeth with the principles of Philosophie & common experience.

1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue 39 I have no further experience of you then the bare report of my Tenant.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 24 Jaq. Yes, I haue gain'd my experience. Ros. And your experience makes you sad.

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Having no old experience of the duration of their Reliques.

1791 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 20 Most men have the generosity to pay for their own experience.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 22 I had had but little experience of alpine phenomena.

†b. A piece of experimental knowledge; a fact, maxim, rule, or device drawn from or approved by experience; concrete something expertly fashioned. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun] > observation

consideration1477

observation1550

experience1570

note1577

reflection1610

reflexa1641

sagacities1867

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > skill or craftsmanship > instance(s) or example(s) of

experience1670

fineries1713

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. biii^v This Arte [sc. Astrology] is furnished with many other great Artes and experiences.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 170 Some haue an other experience for this purpose, and that is Potshards beaten small..and geuen vnto them [sc. Doves].

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 25 How hast thou purchased this experience ?

1621 R. Bolton Statutes Ireland 330 Sir Percy Sidney..hath..found amongst other experiences the great abuse of the clergie there.

1657 T. Barker Barker's Delight (1659) 51 I have found an experience [i.e. salmon roe as bait] of late which you may angle with, and take great store of this kind of fish.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 14 I will add one old approved Experience for the Mariners use..that is, to cut Hair, the Moon in [Taurus, etc.].

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 212 Here I saw the schooles..full of pretty curiosityes and experiences..mecanical, mathematical, and hydraulical.

8. The state of having been occupied in any department of study or practice, in affairs generally, or in the intercourse of life; the extent to which, or the length of time during which, one has been so occupied; the aptitudes, skill, judgement, etc. thereby acquired.

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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill acquired by experience

practicc1425

experience1483

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton A viij He ought to haue thexperience..to knowe what thynge right is.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiii ^v The duke of suthfolke..was a man of grete experyence.

1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 11 To the perfecte knowlege wherof bee requisite bothe grete lernyng and ripe experience.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. ii To theym that..haue in Cronycles full experyence.

1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xl. 56/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II By reason of their continuall wars, they are verie valient, bold, and of great experiences.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 67 His yeares but yong, but his experience old.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 38 Observations, and Reflections; out of which, that, which is commonly call'd Experience, is constituted.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 98. ⁋2 You are stricken in Years, and have had great Experience in the World.

1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 2 There is need of..those Habits in Business, called Experience.

1770 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 240 His experience in the world is but moderate.

1828 R. Whately Elem. Rhetoric ii. §7 The authority derived from Experience.

in extended use.1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 124 Making a difficult meal from a fowl of much experience.

Compounds

experience philosophy n. experiential philosophy.

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1859 J. S. Mill Lett. (1910) I. 225 The experience philosophy and the association psychology are getting up again.

1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe 390 This is effectuation in the only shape in which, by a pure experience-philosophy, the whereabouts of it anywhere can be discussed.

experience school n. the school of empiricism.

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1882 A. Bain James Mill iii. 69 Mr. Ward has continued to uphold his peculiar tenets against the Experience-school.

1936 Mind 45 242 He holds (as some members of the ‘experience-school’ do) that feeling..is also a cognitive function.

experience table n. a table of mortality computed from the experience of one or more life-assurance companies.

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1879 W. S. Champness Insur. Dict. (1883) 106 The Experience Table is based on that of seventeen British Life Offices.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

experiencev.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈspɪərɪəns/,

/ɛkˈspɪərɪəns/, U.S.

/ɪkˈspɪriəns/,

/ɛkˈspɪriəns/

Etymology: < experience n.

I. To make trial or test, and related senses.

†1.

a. transitive. To make trial or experiment of; to put to the test; to test, try. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > make experiment of or with [verb (transitive)]

afondc1300

assailc1300

found1340

assay1377

taste1382

experiment1524

experience1541

try1545

attempt1563

practise1632

explore1667

experimentate1670

to taste of1700

to try out1888

to try (something)(on) for size1979

fand-

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) iii. vi. 62 b In extreme necessitie it were better experience some remedy, than to do nothynge.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 195 Alexander..experienc'd him in some intricate business, and found him a person of worth.

1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) iv. 46 Having never experienced them for these Fish, I dare not be positive.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 368 Persuade their governess to experience their zeal.

1780 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 200 That the expences of the Sessions dinners..be experienced for a few Sessions.

†b. To ascertain or prove by experiment or observation; chiefly with sentence as object. Also rarely, To prove or reveal (a thing) to (a person) by experience. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > try, test [verb (transitive)]

cuneOE

afondOE

found1340

searcha1382

experiment1481

experience1541

probe1542

try1545

invent1548

sound1589

to bring or put to the test1594

plumb1599

to feel out1600

essay1656

test1748

plumb-line1875

to try out1888

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) G iij b I my selfe have often experienced, the best remedy is [etc.].

1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 333 This Quartermaster..had one hundred good horses in town..for what purpose time will experience.

1690 Lady Russell Lett. II. cxvi. 80 This trial has..experienced to me my sad weakness.

1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 82 It has been experienced, that if it be hung about the neck, it will cure the epilepsy.

a. To have experience of; to meet with; to feel, suffer, undergo.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > be subjected to or undergo an action > undergo or experience

feelOE

seeOE

passa1325

provec1330

attastec1374

wielda1375

tastec1380

sufferc1390

to pass through ——c1400

expert?a1475

traverse1477

experiment1484

savour1509

to taste of1526

to go through ——1535

sustain1575

approve1578

try1578

experience1588

undergo1600

to run through ——1602

pree1806

1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 349 [He] declared unto them, as one that had experienced the same, the rewarde of that good deede.

1645 J. Saltmarsh Opening Prynnes New Bk. 3 We experience in part some remainders of Prelacy.

1646 J. Saltmarsh Smoke in Temple 56 [The author defends his use of the verb (see quot. 1645) on the ground that useful neologisms are permissible].

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 41 The whole Passage is..applicable, to what we experience in the present World.

1773 J. Allen Assoc. against Established Church Indefensible 25 They who experience his loving kindness.

1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 334 He was himself soon to experience a similar fate.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 129 I experienced no trace of mountain sickness.

b. To learn (a fact) by experience; to find. With direct object and infinitive, or with sentence as object. Now rare.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [verb (transitive)]

haveeOE

cuneOE

supOE

yfeeleOE

afondOE

canOE

seeOE

knowc1175

provea1200

feelc1225

passa1325

fraistc1330

wielda1375

wita1450

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resent1595

fand-

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvii. sig. Gg1 Pamela..had now experienced how much care doth sollicite a Louers hart.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 46 The divine Government, which we experience Ourselves under the present State.

1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 63 That River is experienced not rapid enough to occasion any Damage to the Piers of those Bridges.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 621 I then experienced what I knew before hand, that there are [etc.].

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 88 I have experienced that a landscape and the sky unfold the deepest beauty.

c. transferred. Of a thing: To meet with, undergo.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience

ymetec893

findeOE

meetOE

counterc1325

overtakec1390

limp?a1400

tidea1400

runa1450

to fall with ——?c1475

onlightc1475

recounterc1485

recount1490

to come in witha1500

occur1531

to fall on ——1533

to fall upon ——1533

beshine1574

rencontre1582

entertain1591

cope with1594

happen1594

tocome1596

incur1599

forgather1600

thwart1601

to fall in1675

cross1684

to come across ——1738

to cross upon (or on)1748

to fall across ——1760

experience1786

to drop in1802

encounter1814

to come upon ——1820

to run against ——1821

to come in contact with1862

to run across ——1864

to knock or run up against1886

to knock up against1887

1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 24 The treaties..have experienced greater delay than was expected.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 217 Holland often experiences a degree of cold greater than countries placed under higher latitudes.

1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 198 The resistance experienced by the base of the cone.

1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. xii. 420 His bodily strength was..visibly experiencing decay.

d. to experience religion: to be converted. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > convert [verb (intransitive)]

turnc1225

converta1400

to come through1708

to get religion1772

to see the light1812

to experience religion1837

vert1888

to find religion (also Christ, God, Jesus, etc.)1957

1837 Knickerbocker 9 356 I have ‘experienced religion’, as well as thousands of others, and in the same way.

a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1883) xx. 80 He was a wonderful pious pedlar..had jest experienced religion.

1868 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel xii Some went so far as to doubt if she had ever experienced religion, for all she was a professor.

1891 K. D. Wiggin Timothy's Quest 136 You'd think nobody ever experienced religion afore, he's so set up 'bout it.

†II. To give or gain experience.

a. To give experience to; to make experienced; to train (soldiers). Also, in passive: To be informed or taught by experience (Const. of, or with subordinate clause). Obsolete.

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society > education > teaching > training > train [verb (transitive)]

to teach of1297

exercec1374

informc1384

schoolc1456

break1474

instruct1510

nuzzle1519

train1531

train1542

frame1547

experience?c1550

to trade up1556

disciplinea1586

disciple1596

nursle1596

accommodate1640

educate1643

model1665

form1711

to break in1785

scholar1807

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 64 Well experienced that mistruste or confidence depended on the first casualltie of the battaile.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 318 The foot-men..being experienced to runne suddainely with the horse-men, leaped into the battaile.

1612 W. Parkes Curtaine-drawer 25 Whom no tryall can experience, whom no de[s]truction can forewarne.

1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 509 Able to heare of Cupid, though not..experienced by wound of his force.

1627 R. Cotton Short View Life & Raigne Henry III 25 The King by this, experienced of the intents of his rebellious Lords, and finding, etc.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 567 Experience thy Soule in the comforts of Christs dying.

†b. To gain experience in, practise the use of (arms). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (transitive)] > exercise weapons

exercise1713

experience1727

1727 W. Harte Statius' 6th Thebaid in Poems 110 The youthful sailors..Their arms experience, and for sea prepare.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	experience
释义	experiencen. Brit. /ᵻkˈspɪərɪəns/, /ɛkˈspɪərɪəns/, U.S. /ɪkˈspɪriəns/, /ɛkˈspɪriəns/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s experiens, experians, experyens, Middle English–1500s experyence. Etymology: < French expérience, < Latin experientia, < experient-em, present participle of experīrī to try, put to the test. †1. a. The action of putting to the test; trial. to make experience of: to make trial of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > [noun] fandingc1000 taste1377 experimenta1382 experience1393 probationc1422 trial1526 test1594 verification1603 the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] fandingc1000 costningOE assay1330 say?c1335 assayingc1375 experimenta1382 proofc1390 experience1393 tastinga1400 probationc1422 probe?a1425 approof1436 fraistingc1440 examination?1510 saying1512 approving1523 trial1526 test1594 approbationa1616 trya1616 proval1622 tempting1623 probatea1643 experimental1659 testinga1834 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 14 At Avynon thexperience Therof haþ ȝoue an euidence. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xlii. 15 Now y schal take experience [1382 experyment] of ȝou. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. i. sig. M7 Of all the which..She [sc. Astræa] caused him [sc. Artegall] to make experience Vpon wyld beasts. View more context for this quotation 1631 J. Shirley Schoole of Complement i. i Make Experience of my loyalty, by some service. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. Ep. Ded. sig. A ij^v The Art of Shorthand..much wondered at by Travailers, that have seen the experience of it in England. †b. A tentative procedure; an operation performed in order to ascertain or illustrate some truth; an experiment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > an experiment experiencec1384 adventurec1405 conclusion1430 experiment1594 essay1605 specimen1610 tentative1632 periclitation1658 tentamen1673 say-hand1712 try-out1903 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 280 I prove it..Be experience, for if that thou Threw in a water now, a stone [etc.]. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 47 Nowe have I made inoculacion Of pere and appultree: the experience Hath preved wel. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health ii. f. 112 The Aucthour..hath both seene, and done many experiences worthy memorie. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved ix. 60 They will tell you a story of I know not what experiences they have made, when alas they never knew that an Experiment must hold in all its parts. 1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. iv. i. 86 All which..we shall..declare, with their Causes and with easie Experiences. 1763 E. Carter in Pennington Mem. (1816) I. 301 I was..assured, by people who have made the experience, that [etc.]. †2. Proof by actual trial; practical demonstration. to put in experience: to fulfil in practice. Obsolete; passing into 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > by practical means experience1393 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 138 Thus hath this king experience, How fooles done the reverence To gold. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §1. 15 I..found the point of my rewle..a lite[l] with-in the degree & than haddy of this conclusioun the ful experience. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 5 I had hereof good experyence. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxii. 469 Ye maye well perceyve the experyence of it every day. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxix. f. lvii Sene they wolde not receyue Peace of theyr Bretheme, they shuld of other receyue warre and wreche, The whiche was after put in experience by Ethelfridus Kynge of Northumberland. 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iv. iv And now to make experience of my love, Fair sister Anna, lead my lover forth. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. i. §1. 309 The experience that Pyrrhus hath giuen, of the Roman power, in his daies. 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. iii. 68 I have a full Experience of that, and thought my Happiness always compleat in it. 3. The actual observation of facts or events, considered as a source of knowledge. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > observing or watching > observation as source of knowledge experience1377 observe1660 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 151 Thorw experience..I hope þei shal be saued. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors ii. f. 13 Therfore the Mariners by experience tryinge that one flame..signified tempest at hand, supposed the same flame to be the goddesse Helena. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 121^v To powre into his mouth wine and oyle..we finde by experience, is very good. 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours i. xiv. 51 Experience teacheth that Agarick purges fleame. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 35 It is not so much a Deduction of Reason, as a Matter of Experience. 1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller (ed. 2) 20 Just experience tells..That those who think must govern those that toil. 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers 627 Experience informs us only of what has been, but never of what must be. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. i. 76 The..only ultimate source of our knowledge of nature and its laws, experience; by which we mean..the accumulated experience of all mankind in all ages, registered in books or recorded by tradition. 1851 A. Helps Friends in Council I. 19 By making men as gods, enabling them to understand without experience. 1862 J. F. Stephen Ess. Barrister 329 Daily experience informs us of the consequences. 4. a. The fact of being consciously the subject of a state or condition, or of being consciously affected by an event. Also an instance of this; a state or condition viewed subjectively; an event by which one is affected. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > experience or event by which one is affected experience1382 the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > fact of being affected or experience experience1382 experimental1628 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxx. 27 Laban seide to him..thurȝ experyens Y haue lernyd for God hath blissid to me for thee. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 1 Experiens..were ynough for me To speke of wo that is in mariage. 14.. Purific. Marie in Tundale's Vis. 129 To have experiens Only of chyldyng. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Bbii ^v Please god that ye vnderstande it by experiens. 1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 172 A complete man..knowes what experience can teach, but is not taught by experience. 1693 C. Mather Wonders Invisible World Churches, whose Communicants have been seriously examined about their Experience of Regeneration. 1846 N. Hawthorne Mosses from Old Manse II. 32 A man of science..who..had made experience of a spiritual affinity, more attractive than any chemical one. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 254 Both..had learned by experience how soon James forgot obligations. 1874 D. M. Mulock My Mother & I 8 Many another girl has gone thro' a similar experience. 1878 J. D. Hooker & J. Ball Jrnl. Tour Marocco 269 Another unlooked-for experience was in store for us. b. In religious use: A state of mind or feeling forming part of the inner religious life; the mental history (of a person) with regard to religious emotion. Also attributive, esp. in experience-meeting, a meeting (e.g. a Methodist class meeting or love-feast) held for the recital of religious experiences. ΚΠ 1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 49 Testified unto by the Experience of them that truely believe. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 47 (margin) A Repetition of Christiana's Experience . View more context for this quotation 1746 J. Edwards Treat. Relig. Affections ii. 45 Those Experiences which are agreable to the Word of God, are right. 1841–4 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. 256 The rapture of the Moravian and Quietist..the experiences of the Methodists, are varying forms [etc.]. 1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 244 Ought the Christian controversialist to avail himself, in this question, of the experience argument? 1857 S. G. Goodrich Recoll. Lifetime I. 214 [At these meetings] there was praying, and exhorting, and telling experiences, and singing..sentimental religious hymns. 5. In senses 3, 4 often personified; esp. in various proverbial phrases. ΚΠ c1450 Nun 150 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 142 ‘What ys yowr name, dame empryse?’ Sche seyde ‘my name ys experience.’ 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 249 Experience..is the schoolmaistresse of fooles. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons sig. 2 b Experience is the mother of Science. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline* (1623) iv. ii. 34 Experience, oh thou disproou'st Report. 1646 Bp. J. Hall Balme of Gilead 301 If experience be the mistresse of fools, I am sure it is the mother of wisdome. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety v. 104 Experience is the daughter of Time. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. i. 13 Experience is the child of Thought. 6. What has been experienced; the events that have taken place within the knowledge of an individual, a community, humankind at large, either during a particular period or generally. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > experience or event by which one is affected > experience or what has been experienced experience1607 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue 31 I can finde nothing in mine experience to contradict your speech. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. vi. 423 Her animosity against the queen of Scots was greatly augmented by recent experience. 1861 J. S. Mill Considerations Representative Govt. xviii. 340 Profound study of Indian experience. 7. a. Knowledge resulting from actual observation or from what one has undergone. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [noun] sentimentc1374 assaya1387 proofa1387 feelingc1405 instructionc1425 experience1553 experiency1556 self-experience1599 trial1600 1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. aavij It hardelye agreeth with the principles of Philosophie & common experience. 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue 39 I have no further experience of you then the bare report of my Tenant. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 24 Jaq. Yes, I haue gain'd my experience. Ros. And your experience makes you sad. View more context for this quotation 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Having no old experience of the duration of their Reliques. 1791 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 20 Most men have the generosity to pay for their own experience. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 22 I had had but little experience of alpine phenomena. †b. A piece of experimental knowledge; a fact, maxim, rule, or device drawn from or approved by experience; concrete something expertly fashioned. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun] > observation consideration1477 observation1550 experience1570 note1577 reflection1610 reflexa1641 sagacities1867 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > skill or craftsmanship > instance(s) or example(s) of experience1670 fineries1713 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. biii^v This Arte [sc. Astrology] is furnished with many other great Artes and experiences. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 170 Some haue an other experience for this purpose, and that is Potshards beaten small..and geuen vnto them [sc. Doves]. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 25 How hast thou purchased this experience ? View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Bolton Statutes Ireland 330 Sir Percy Sidney..hath..found amongst other experiences the great abuse of the clergie there. 1657 T. Barker Barker's Delight (1659) 51 I have found an experience [i.e. salmon roe as bait] of late which you may angle with, and take great store of this kind of fish. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 14 I will add one old approved Experience for the Mariners use..that is, to cut Hair, the Moon in [Taurus, etc.]. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 212 Here I saw the schooles..full of pretty curiosityes and experiences..mecanical, mathematical, and hydraulical. 8. The state of having been occupied in any department of study or practice, in affairs generally, or in the intercourse of life; the extent to which, or the length of time during which, one has been so occupied; the aptitudes, skill, judgement, etc. thereby acquired. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill acquired by experience practicc1425 experience1483 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton A viij He ought to haue thexperience..to knowe what thynge right is. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiii ^v The duke of suthfolke..was a man of grete experyence. 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 11 To the perfecte knowlege wherof bee requisite bothe grete lernyng and ripe experience. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. ii To theym that..haue in Cronycles full experyence. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xl. 56/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II By reason of their continuall wars, they are verie valient, bold, and of great experiences. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 67 His yeares but yong, but his experience old. View more context for this quotation 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 38 Observations, and Reflections; out of which, that, which is commonly call'd Experience, is constituted. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 98. ⁋2 You are stricken in Years, and have had great Experience in the World. 1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 2 There is need of..those Habits in Business, called Experience. 1770 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 240 His experience in the world is but moderate. 1828 R. Whately Elem. Rhetoric ii. §7 The authority derived from Experience. in extended use.1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 124 Making a difficult meal from a fowl of much experience. Compounds experience philosophy n. experiential philosophy. ΚΠ 1859 J. S. Mill Lett. (1910) I. 225 The experience philosophy and the association psychology are getting up again. 1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe 390 This is effectuation in the only shape in which, by a pure experience-philosophy, the whereabouts of it anywhere can be discussed. experience school n. the school of empiricism. ΚΠ 1882 A. Bain James Mill iii. 69 Mr. Ward has continued to uphold his peculiar tenets against the Experience-school. 1936 Mind 45 242 He holds (as some members of the ‘experience-school’ do) that feeling..is also a cognitive function. experience table n. a table of mortality computed from the experience of one or more life-assurance companies. ΚΠ 1879 W. S. Champness Insur. Dict. (1883) 106 The Experience Table is based on that of seventeen British Life Offices. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). experiencev. Brit. /ᵻkˈspɪərɪəns/, /ɛkˈspɪərɪəns/, U.S. /ɪkˈspɪriəns/, /ɛkˈspɪriəns/ Etymology: < experience n. I. To make trial or test, and related senses. †1. a. transitive. To make trial or experiment of; to put to the test; to test, try. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > make experiment of or with [verb (transitive)] afondc1300 assailc1300 found1340 assay1377 taste1382 experiment1524 experience1541 try1545 attempt1563 practise1632 explore1667 experimentate1670 to taste of1700 to try out1888 to try (something)(on) for size1979 fand- 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) iii. vi. 62 b In extreme necessitie it were better experience some remedy, than to do nothynge. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 195 Alexander..experienc'd him in some intricate business, and found him a person of worth. 1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) iv. 46 Having never experienced them for these Fish, I dare not be positive. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 368 Persuade their governess to experience their zeal. 1780 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 200 That the expences of the Sessions dinners..be experienced for a few Sessions. †b. To ascertain or prove by experiment or observation; chiefly with sentence as object. Also rarely, To prove or reveal (a thing) to (a person) by experience. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > try, test [verb (transitive)] cuneOE afondOE found1340 searcha1382 experiment1481 experience1541 probe1542 try1545 invent1548 sound1589 to bring or put to the test1594 plumb1599 to feel out1600 essay1656 test1748 plumb-line1875 to try out1888 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) G iij b I my selfe have often experienced, the best remedy is [etc.]. 1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 333 This Quartermaster..had one hundred good horses in town..for what purpose time will experience. 1690 Lady Russell Lett. II. cxvi. 80 This trial has..experienced to me my sad weakness. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 82 It has been experienced, that if it be hung about the neck, it will cure the epilepsy. 2. a. To have experience of; to meet with; to feel, suffer, undergo. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > be subjected to or undergo an action > undergo or experience feelOE seeOE passa1325 provec1330 attastec1374 wielda1375 tastec1380 sufferc1390 to pass through ——c1400 expert?a1475 traverse1477 experiment1484 savour1509 to taste of1526 to go through ——1535 sustain1575 approve1578 try1578 experience1588 undergo1600 to run through ——1602 pree1806 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 349 [He] declared unto them, as one that had experienced the same, the rewarde of that good deede. 1645 J. Saltmarsh Opening Prynnes New Bk. 3 We experience in part some remainders of Prelacy. 1646 J. Saltmarsh Smoke in Temple 56 [The author defends his use of the verb (see quot. 1645) on the ground that useful neologisms are permissible]. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 41 The whole Passage is..applicable, to what we experience in the present World. 1773 J. Allen Assoc. against Established Church Indefensible 25 They who experience his loving kindness. 1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 334 He was himself soon to experience a similar fate. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 129 I experienced no trace of mountain sickness. b. To learn (a fact) by experience; to find. With direct object and infinitive, or with sentence as object. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [verb (transitive)] haveeOE cuneOE supOE yfeeleOE afondOE canOE seeOE knowc1175 provea1200 feelc1225 passa1325 fraistc1330 wielda1375 wita1450 experiment1484 approve1578 experiencea1586 resent1595 fand- a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvii. sig. Gg1 Pamela..had now experienced how much care doth sollicite a Louers hart. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 46 The divine Government, which we experience Ourselves under the present State. 1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 63 That River is experienced not rapid enough to occasion any Damage to the Piers of those Bridges. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 621 I then experienced what I knew before hand, that there are [etc.]. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 88 I have experienced that a landscape and the sky unfold the deepest beauty. c. transferred. Of a thing: To meet with, undergo. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience ymetec893 findeOE meetOE counterc1325 overtakec1390 limp?a1400 tidea1400 runa1450 to fall with ——?c1475 onlightc1475 recounterc1485 recount1490 to come in witha1500 occur1531 to fall on ——1533 to fall upon ——1533 beshine1574 rencontre1582 entertain1591 cope with1594 happen1594 tocome1596 incur1599 forgather1600 thwart1601 to fall in1675 cross1684 to come across ——1738 to cross upon (or on)1748 to fall across ——1760 experience1786 to drop in1802 encounter1814 to come upon ——1820 to run against ——1821 to come in contact with1862 to run across ——1864 to knock or run up against1886 to knock up against1887 1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 24 The treaties..have experienced greater delay than was expected. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 217 Holland often experiences a degree of cold greater than countries placed under higher latitudes. 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 198 The resistance experienced by the base of the cone. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. xii. 420 His bodily strength was..visibly experiencing decay. d. to experience religion: to be converted. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > convert [verb (intransitive)] turnc1225 converta1400 to come through1708 to get religion1772 to see the light1812 to experience religion1837 vert1888 to find religion (also Christ, God, Jesus, etc.)1957 1837 Knickerbocker 9 356 I have ‘experienced religion’, as well as thousands of others, and in the same way. a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1883) xx. 80 He was a wonderful pious pedlar..had jest experienced religion. 1868 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel xii Some went so far as to doubt if she had ever experienced religion, for all she was a professor. 1891 K. D. Wiggin Timothy's Quest 136 You'd think nobody ever experienced religion afore, he's so set up 'bout it. †II. To give or gain experience. 3. a. To give experience to; to make experienced; to train (soldiers). Also, in passive: To be informed or taught by experience (Const. of, or with subordinate clause). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > training > train [verb (transitive)] to teach of1297 exercec1374 informc1384 schoolc1456 break1474 instruct1510 nuzzle1519 train1531 train1542 frame1547 experience?c1550 to trade up1556 disciplinea1586 disciple1596 nursle1596 accommodate1640 educate1643 model1665 form1711 to break in1785 scholar1807 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 64 Well experienced that mistruste or confidence depended on the first casualltie of the battaile. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 318 The foot-men..being experienced to runne suddainely with the horse-men, leaped into the battaile. 1612 W. Parkes Curtaine-drawer 25 Whom no tryall can experience, whom no de[s]truction can forewarne. 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 509 Able to heare of Cupid, though not..experienced by wound of his force. 1627 R. Cotton Short View Life & Raigne Henry III 25 The King by this, experienced of the intents of his rebellious Lords, and finding, etc. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 567 Experience thy Soule in the comforts of Christs dying. †b. To gain experience in, practise the use of (arms). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (transitive)] > exercise weapons exercise1713 experience1727 1727 W. Harte Statius' 6th Thebaid in Poems 110 The youthful sailors..Their arms experience, and for sea prepare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1377v.1541
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